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Kemsing Close, CR7

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Place Name Named after John de Kemsing and his wife Idonea (also spelt Idonia) who took ownership of Norbury Manor…

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Springfield Road, CR7

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Place Name Named after a house that stood on Beulah Hill near a mineral spring. The house, which was demolished…

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St Oswald’s Road, CR7

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Place Name Named after the church which was opened in 1934 after locals complained that the nearest parish church, St…

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Waddington Way, CR7

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Place Name After the local name in Kenley which goes back to Saxon times, meaning wheat hill. It was first…

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Attlee Close, CR7

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Place Name Clement Richard Attlee (January 3, 1883 – October 8, 1967) was the post-war British Prime Minister who oversaw the…

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Alma Place, CR7

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Place Name Named after the first battle of the Crimean War, fought on September 20, 1854 when the allied expeditionary force…

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Kitchener Road, CR7

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Place Name One of a cluster of roads commemorating leading military figures who took part in imperial campaigns. Named after…

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Milner Road, CR7

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Place Name Like many of the nearby roads, this is named after a major figure in the Boer Wars. Named…

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Coates Close, CR7

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Place Name Named after Mary Coates who along with Josiah Humphries held smallholdings near here until they died. The land…

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Reservoir Close, CR7

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Place Name As the name implies this road was built over the former Selhurst reservoir containing 2,500,000 gallons of water.…

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